Intro - ~5-10 min - got everyone situated in the Educational Literacy Center - briefly looked at weather/natural disaster books while prepping
Connections - ~15 min - final votes - "what natural disaster is your TOP choice to study this season?" - tallied votes - everyone actually agreed on ONE topic - TORNADOES :D - work individually for just a few minutes - make a list of your ideas for a team name (up to 3 names) - broke off into teams to collaborate and discuss - worked with each team to decide on a final(agreed upon by all)name for each team (SUCCESS!!)
Team #210 - Awesome Awesome Awesome Brain Storm Builders Team # ? - Awesome Brain Storming Robotic Builders
Activity - ~20 min - left the ELC and headed over to the Weather Prediction station (with Greg Fischel) and explored the hurricane tracking exhibit as a group - looked at the extreme weather exhibit nearby the weather prediction station
Museum Exploration - ~up to parents to decide how long they wanted to stay
Week 2: August 27th
Field Trip (Natural Science Museum)
Intro - ~5-10 min
- got everyone situated in the Educational Literacy Center
- briefly looked at weather/natural disaster books while prepping
Connections - ~15 min
- final votes - "what natural disaster is your TOP choice to study this season?"
- tallied votes - everyone actually agreed on ONE topic - TORNADOES :D
- work individually for just a few minutes - make a list of your ideas for a team name (up to 3 names)
- broke off into teams to collaborate and discuss
- worked with each team to decide on a final (agreed upon by all) name for each team (SUCCESS!!)
Team #210 - Awesome Awesome Awesome Brain Storm Builders
Team # ? - Awesome Brain Storming Robotic Builders
Activity - ~20 min
- left the ELC and headed over to the Weather Prediction station (with Greg Fischel) and explored the hurricane tracking exhibit as a group
- looked at the extreme weather exhibit nearby the weather prediction station
Museum Exploration - ~up to parents to decide how long they wanted to stay